Open AccessBirthweight and behavioural problems in children: a modifiable effect?
Author(s) -
Yvonne Kelly,
James Nazroo,
Anne McMunn,
Richard Boreham,
Michael Marmot
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.1.88
Subject(s) - social class , demography , bivariate analysis , strengths and difficulties questionnaire , odds ratio , medicine , population , odds , multivariate analysis , birth weight , pediatrics , psychology , mental health , environmental health , pregnancy , psychiatry , logistic regression , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology , biology , political science , law , genetics
Low birthweight has been shown to predict behavioural problems in children. Less is known about the effect of birthweight, and how this may interact with the social environment in determining behaviour in a general population sample. We have examined the relationship between birthweight and social factors on childhood psychological well-being.